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The Never-Ending Campaign
Check's in the mail, Hanna. Not sure how our bake sale/carwash/raffle to end the never-ending primary fits into the campaign-finance laws, but let's let the lawyers figure that out.
I don't know whether Rush Limbaugh had an effect on the Texas or Ohio primaries or not, Melinda—people are twisting the data into all kinds of knots today to make their cases, but as blogger Allahpundit puts it: "a man who couldn't sway enough conservatives to tip close primaries from John McCain to Mitt Romney probably isn't capable of getting them excited about Hillary Clinton." Whatever the case, I think my fellow righties who are encouraging voters to go for Hillary because she'd be easier to beat in the fall might be too clever by half, and last night's results prove it. For the second time in two months, pundits and experts were itching to write Hillary's political obituary, and for the second time she responded with a resounding victory. Do Republicans really want her to get the nomination? Eight months is an eternity in the era of the 24-hour-news cycle, and anything could happen.
I had a choice between ballots yesterday when I went to vote in the Ohio primary, but I happily took the GOP ballot and voted for McCain. It's not my nature to play political games, but if it were, I'd have voted Obama. I know it might sound naive or idealist, but I want this country to end up with the best possible president come November. I would be thrilled with McCain, and I could live with Obama, but I sure don't want to roll the dice on Hillary.
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